Canteen capers

We’re always hearing about the MEPs’ ‘gravy train’, so recent events at the European Parliament in Luxembourg give food for thought.

One staff union, European Solidarity, has sent a letter to the assembly’s Secretary-General, Julian Priestley, complaining about facilities at one of the buildings in the principality.

It reads: “There’s no canteen, no luncheon vouchers, just a bar like those in service stations. We can have frozen pizzas, quiches or hot dogs heated up and served on plastic plates with plastic cutlery.

“Where are the nutritionally balanced meals you promised?”

The fact is, some of the admin staff have been given temporary accommodation while building work is done on their offices. But, temporary or not, it seems the dietary standards enjoyed by their colleagues in Brussels do not apply in the not-so-Grand Duchy.

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